Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,744, Nathan Gillet, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Giller, Nathan or Nathaniel
S. 42,744
CONTENTS

9,970 Ohio
Nathaniel Gillet 4
of Tallmadge in the state of Ohio who was a fife-Maj. in the regiment commanded by Colonel R. Mearns of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of April 1819 and sent to Samuel King Esq. Postage Ravenna of Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10m 3 $80.77 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 48.
$128.77
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Let to Mr. Gillet 10 Sept 51 " " 2 Jan 1852
Let to Mr. Brady
Dec 24/55
Notes sent to Mr. Day by Nov 1860, Painesville Ohio
Exam'd with orig. Rolls Aug. 1883. C.S.D.

Notes sent to 10th Day by 6 Nov 1820, Ravenna Ohio
Set to A quiet 10 Sept 51 " 2 Jan 1832 " 4 " 4
Set to memory
Dec 24/55
Exam'd with orig. Rolls Aug. 18 83. C.S.P.

Gained with orig. Rolls Aug. 18 83. C.S.P.
Ohio
sent to both Day by 6 Nov 1820, Nov 20 Dec 24/25 Mch 24/25
Sh. H. M. 4/20/51 2 Jan 1832 Z 19

Nathaniel Gillett -
Power of Attorney -
of Aurilia Canfield

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of Ohio } ss. COUNTY OF St Summit }
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That I, Aurelia Canfield of Akron, Summit County, Ohio do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint L. M. Derry of Canandaigua, Ontario County, State of New York my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on account of the service of my Father Nathaniel Gillette deceased, in the war of the Revolution; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date; and the said L. M. Derry is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf,
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28 th day of November A.D. 1855
J. M. Stephens , J. P. Aurelia Canfield (L. S.) A. Guernsey
State of Ohio, County of Summit, ss:
Be It Known, That on the Twenty Eight day of November before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Aurelia Canfield above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned. J. M. Stephens , J. P.
State of Ohio, County of Summit, ss: Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 th day of November 1855

State of Ohio Portage County } ss
Edw L.S.
on this second day of May 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Nathan Gillet aged sixty two years resident in Tallmadge in said Portage County who being by me first
Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war that he the said Nathan Gillet enlisted in the Town of Farmington Hartford County in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt Elijah Humphrey of the Sixth Connecticut Regiment then comman- =ded by Lieut Col. Sumner that he continued to serve in the said corps until the Seventeenth of May 1780 when he was discharged from the service in Westfield in the State of Mass and received a Discharge which Discharge is here enclosed That he never was in any Battle but one little skirmish at Valiant's Hill near Kings Bridge in the State of New York And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his Power of his said services Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid Samuel King Jr. Associate Judge
Is King as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathan Gillet did serve in the revolution- ary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceed- ings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. Samuel King Jr. Associate Judge

The State of Ohio
Portage County ss
I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel King Esq. Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and by whom the accompanying certificates were subscribed was at the time of taking and subscribing the same an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and to all whose official acts full faith and credit is and ought to be given - and that their signatures are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ravenna this seventeenth day of August Anno Domini 1818
Seth Day Clerk
I Samuel King Jr one of the Associate Judges in and for the County of Portage do hereby certify that I have taken particular pains to inform myself respecting the circumstances of Nathan Giltel and am well satisfied that he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at said this 1 day of August A.D. 1818
Sam. King Jr Associate Judge
22 May 1818 Admitted
1777 - 2 years
Subscribed to the Foregoing Deposition Sam. King Jr
True Copy Nathan Giltel
Nathan Giltel

Nathan Gillet (entered Nathaniel Gillet on roll) 9,970.
Certificate Dated 29 th (April 1819)
WJ

The State of Ohio Portage County ss
Be it known that at a term of the Court specially held at the Court house in the town of Ravenna within and for the county of Portage and State of Ohio before Elias Harmon Abij Day & Augustus Baldwin Esqrs associate Judges of said county holding said Court being a Court of Record for said county expressly constituted by law proceeding according to the course of the common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment on this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court Nathan Gillett aged sixty four years a resident of the township of Tallmadge in the county of Portage who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he the said Nathan Gillett enlisted for the term of three years on or about the twenty fifth of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Elijah Humphrey in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Deming and served under him until his death and then served under Colonel Return J. Meyes the remainder of my time in the Connecticut line under the Continental establishment and was discharged on or about the seventeenth of May seventeen hundred and eighty in the town of Westfield in the state of New Jersey that he was in several skirmishes and in the Battle on Valentineshill near Fort Independence in the year 1777 or 1778 and in a skirmish under the command of Capt. Humphrey near Nappankas Point on the north river and

lishment and was discharged on or about the seventeenth of May seventeen hundred and eighty in the town of Westfield in the state of New Jersey that he was in several skirmishes and in the Battle on Valentineshill near fort Independence in the year 1777 or 1778 and in a skirmish under the command of Capt. Humphrey near Amplanks Point on the north river and about the time of the battle of Saratoga  he was in his house  of his said service
That this declarant had heretofore, to wit, on the second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen under the provision of the act of Congress of the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen made declaration of his said services before Samuel Hings Esq. then one of the associate Justices of said court and in pursuance thereof has been inscribed on the pension list of the United States by the name of Nathaniel Giltel as by his certificate Number 9,970 in his possession appears dated the twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen and have not since that time by gift sale or in any way disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property securities or contracts debts or demands due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
This declaration exhibits here in court the following inventory of his estate. viz, 1 Yoke Oxen $ 50.00 2 old Chairs $ 2.00 1 Wooden Block $ 4.00 2 Calves 4.00 1 Set Dargheth 5.00 5 Kitchen chairs 2.00 2 Sheep 4.00 1 Plough Share 1.20 1 Table 1.50 1 Lamb 1.00 1 Ax 1.00 1 Old Chest 50

  2 Spinning wheels  $ 8.00  1 Skillet  $ 0.50  A few articles of table  } $3.00    1 Brass kettle  1.50  1 Tea kettle  2.00  furniture    1 iron Pot  .50  1 pr. sin clogs  2.00     Amounts $9.00
due from me to John Wright Jr. $35 and interest, from last delivery to the present time.
This declarant has but one child living at home a daughter aged fifteen years not able to support herself at present. This declarant further states that his occupation is a farmer that his age is sixty four that his body is weak and debilitated that he has an ulcerated side caused by the bilious fever which for a long time has and now close upon him almost unable to perform manual labour. This declarant further states that his wife Lucy Gillett is fifty eight years of age that she is infirm and not able to support herself and is now feeling very fast and that she is subject a bilious complaint which causes her to be in a measure helpless. This declarant further states that he has no real estate and that he stands in need of the assistance of his country to support himself & aged wife and therefore he prays the assistance of this court and the honorable Secretary of War.
Nathan Giltel
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this eighth day of August A.D. 1820
Day Clerk.
The State of Ohio Portage County Vs.
I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing cash and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the Record of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount of the value of the property left in the aforesaid schedule after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Nathan Giltel is fifty four dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Ravenna this tenth day of August Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred & twenty
Day Clerk.

April 29, 1940
BA--J/AWF Nathan Gillet S. 42744
Miss Mabel Reynolds 215 East 5th Street Clare, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathan Gillette, born about 1742, in Salisbury, Connecticut.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 42744, based upon service of Nathan Gillet, in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Nathan or Nathaniel Gillet, under any spelling of the surname, found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.
The date and place of birth of Nathan Gillet, and names of his parents were not given.
Nathan Gillet enlisted in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, May 25, 1777, served as fife major in Captain Elijah Humphreys' company, Colonels Dimon's and Return J. Meigs' Sixth Connecticut Regiment; he was in skirmishes at Valentine's Hill and Verplancks Point, and was discharged May 17, 1780, in Westfield, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-two years, and a resident of Tallmadge, Portage County, Ohio.
In 1820, his wife, Lucy, was aged fifty-eight,

years, and he had at that time a daughter aged fifteen years residing with him, her name not designated.
In 1855, Aurelia Canfield of Akron, Summit County, Ohio, referred to "Nathaniel" Gillett as her father.
One Ara Gillett gave his address in 1852, Norton, Summit County, Ohio; it was not shown that he was a relative.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Nathaniel Gillett (as he was pensioned) Certificate # 9970 Issued April 29, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced May 2, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

42744 INVALID.
Rev Y
File No. 42744
Nathaniel Gillet Life Maj Rev David
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1915 July 8. Hist. to Miss Emily A. Greenman & 1917 Apr. 25. Hist. to Chas. S. Miller & 1940 April 29. Hist. to Miss Mabel Reynolds Cross

Life Major Nathan Gilet of the W th Connecticut Regiment Having faithfully served three years the term for which he enlisted, is discharged from the Army: The Commissaries on the Post of Connecticut will please to furnish him with ten days provisions.
Westfield N. Jersey 17 th May 1780 M ch 29/79
Col. Huggins Col d Com d 1 st Conn d Brigade

Nathan Fitch has been used with Providence on Including 20th May 1780
Westfield
Ames Spring
In behalf of William
Lydia Comf
Nathaniel (or Nathan) Fitch Conn. 2. 4. 1780

La Grange, Indiana June 30, 1915
Pension Bureau Rev Sec Washington, D.C. ✓ H
Dear Sirs:
Is the name of Nathan or Nathaniel Gillett on the Pension Records of the Rev. War? He enlisted from Simsbury, Conn. as a fifer. He was born 1755 in Wolcott, Conn. and died in Portage or Summit Co. Ohio. He married Lucy Harrison in 1779.
Your reply will be appre- ciated.
Yours truly (Miss) Emily A. Greenman La Grange, Indiana

✓ Rev sec ml
Waterbury, Conn. April 19 1917
Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Section.
Gentlemen:
Referring to your letter of April 14th, please send me the military history, if on record, of the following soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Nathaniel or Nathan Gillet, Fife Major. Conn. Pensioner, Act 1818. Residing in Ohio.
S.42736. Jonathan Gaylord, Sergeant. Conn. Pensioner, Act 1818. Residing in Ohio.
Yours truly,
Charles S. Miller. CS
Oak Corner, R.F.D.No.1 Waterbury, Conn.

Scrap gone where re: in years Ret 8/12 Sept 7
215 E. 5th St., Clare, Mich 3-26-40.
Dept. of Interior,
Bureau of Territorial Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: — only under a gift Will you very kindly please send the War Record with Pension Record of Nathan Gillette , whose wife was Hannah Stone, and whose children were Mercy L. Bishop, Hannah, Elizabeth, Alice, Temperance, Ruth, Lydia, Elijah and Sarah.
Nathan Gillette was the son of Nathaniel and

and Mary Smith Gillette. Nathan was b. at Salisbury, Conn., Feb. 28, 1742/3 and also lived at Stephenstown, N. York. His will was dated Aug. 5-1832 and probated in Schoharie Co., N. Y. Sept. - 29-1834. The Will gives Shatharn, N.Y. as his town.
Very respectfully. Mabel Reynolds.

Canandaigua N.Y.
Dec. 7. 1835.-
Sir:
Herewith you will receive a power of attorney of the daughter of Nathaniel Gillett dec d a Pensioner of Ohio under act of 18. March 1818.
He served as a Life Major - it is supposed - and I desire to know whether the records show this fact, - and if they do a sufficient small income per ann. is due for what time he lived after 7 th June 1832.
Proof of heirship will be adduced, when I am informed whether an increase is due in this case -
Very respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t .
L. M. Tracy
Hon J. Minot -
Com r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pension Office, Dec. 21. 1835.
Sir,
I have filed the Power of Attorney authorising you to prosecute a claim for an increase of the Pension of Nathaniel Gillet, decd. who was a pensioner on the Ohio Rolls under the Acts of March 18. 1818, and May 1, 1820, and you are informed that said Gillet was as appears by our Records, a Fife Major from June 29. 1779 to May 11. 1780. The pay of a Fife-Major was $8; 66 1/2 per month; and if Gillet's pension was re-adjusted by the scale of the Act of 1832, it would give a pension of $4. 33 per month only.
Very respectfully, R. M. Rae for Commr.
L. M. Drury Esq. Present.

Tunisia Offic. Dec. 24, 1855,
Ch. In ref
J. M. Drey See 74.33

Pension Office, Dec. 24, 1855,
Sir, I have the honor of attorney authorizing you to prosecute a claim for an increase of the Pension of Nathaniel Gillet, as the only a pension on the Ohio Rolls under the Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 2, 1820, and you are in- formed that said Gillet now appears of our Records, a Rev. Major from June 29, 1779 to May 17, 1780. The pay of a Sep- Major was $8.66 2/3 per month, and if Gillet's pension was adjusted  re-adjusted by the scale of the Act of 1832 - which  it would give a pension of $4.33 per month.
L. ch. Denny, Esq. P.S. 1855

Pension Office, January 2 nd 1838.
Sir:
The vouchers in the case of Nathaniel Gillet, deceased, have been referred to the 3 rd Auditor of the Treasury, that the amount due may be paid agreeably to the Acts of 6 th April 1838, and 23 rd August 1842.
I am, very respectfully Your Obt Servt
Commissioner of Pensions,
Ara Gillett Esq Norton, Summit Co., Ohio

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathan Gillet or Nathaniel a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 112,744
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 to May 17 1780 Private Elijah Humphreys Dimon Return J. Meigs 6 th Conn                                     
Battles Engaged in, Skirmishes: Valentine's Hill near Verplank's Point. Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Enlisted at Farmington, Conn. Date of application for pension, May 2, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Tallmadge, Portage Co., Ohio. Age at date of application, sixty-two years.
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife Lucy at 58 yrs. and a daughter at 15 yrs. (name not stated) living with him. Date of death not shown. His daughter Aurelia Canfield resided at Akron, Summit Co., Ohio in 1855.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.